Fouled Out: Other Courts

Then there were the games of “PIG” and “HORSE” we played at Cousin’s Daryl’s house. One person would make a shot and the next guy had to make the same shot. If you missed, you got a “P.” If you missed enough time to get “PIG,” you were the loser and eliminated from the game. That is where I learned to make a hook shot, make a basket facing away from the basket and to shoot behind my back: the trick shots that won you the game of “HORSE!”

Since the basketball hoop was on the end of the garage and the driveway was steep down to State Route 26 40 feet away, you had to be quick to prevent the bask...